Can-opener



P. B. SEARCY;

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 16. I920.

Patented May 10, 1921.

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cameraman.

Application filed September 16, 1920. Serial No. 410,584.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that 1, PETER B. SEAROY, a citizen of the United States,- residing at Smithville, in the county of Bastrop and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can-Openers, of which the following as a specification.

This invention relates to can openers and particularly to the class of can openers employed for removing the covers from shoe polish boxes.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an opener which will. not require the use of rivets, openings in the material, or any other means whereby air may enter the can.

Other obj ects of the invention will appear upon consideration of the following detail description and accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the can without the opener attached.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the member from which the opener is formed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the member folded into the form necessary to provide the opener.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the can wlth the opener attached.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, the i can 1 is of conventional form and is provided with a removable cover 2, the edge of which rests upon a lip 3 extending around the can in the usual manner. The cover 2 is formed with an extension ear or lug 4 integrally formed with'the cover and extending from theedge thereof. A longitudinal slot 5 is formed in the material and is in alinement with the edge of the cover as shown to advantage in Fig. 1. The extension 4 is also provided with a circular open" ing 6. When this extension 4' is bent up to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and by full lines in Fig. 4, the slot 5 permits communication with the annular lip 3 from the space between the upturned extension and the side of the cover.

The blank form shown in Fig. 2 from which the opener is constructed consists of an elongated strip of suitable metal having each end shaped to provide acam 7 and 8, the curved edges of which are on opposite sides with respect to each other as shown. Each longitudinal edge of the strip is provided with a lug 9 and 10 and these are adapted to be laterally bent from the strip to form finger pieces for permitting operation of the opener. To form the opener, the blank form is bent at each end on the lines indicated at 11 and 12 and the can portions are then bent upon themselves as shown in Fig. 3 so that they are in close proximity to each other but aresufiiciently spaced from the folded portion to permit the cams to be extended through the opening 6 in the extension 4. When thus assembled, the cams 7 and 8 are lodged in the space between the extension 4 and the surface of the covers. Then by grasping the members 9 and 10 with the fingers and rotating the opener in the opening 6 one of the-cams will forcibly engage the annular lip 3 by being thrust through the slot 5 and the cover will thereby be forced upwardly and the same readily opened.

Minorchanges may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

What I claim is 1. In combination with a receptacle having an annular lip at its upper edge and a cover adapted to engagethe lip, an extension formed on the cover provided with an opening and a longitudinal slot in longitudinal alinement with the edge of the cover, an opener comprising means to be mounted in the said opening and including a pair of oppositely disposed cams to be lodged between the said extension and the cover, the

said means including finger lugs to be engaged by the fingersof the user for imparting a rotary movement to the opener whereby one of the cam members may engage the lip through the said slot to force the cover upwardly from the lip.

2. In combination with a receptacle having an annular lip at its upper edge and a cover adapted to engage the lip, an extension formed on the cover provided with an opening and a longitudinal slot in longitudinal alinement with the edge of the cover, an opening comprising means to be mounted in the said opening and including a pair of oppositely disposed cams to be lodged between the said extension and the cover, the said means including finger lugs to be engaged by the fingers of the user for imparting a rotary movement to the opener whereby one of the a pivot in the openin for the said means cam members may engage the lip through when the cams are to e rotated. 10 the said slot to force the cover upwardly In testimony whereof I have afiixed my from the lip, the said means including an signature in the presence of two witnesses.

elongated strip having the cams formed on PETER B. SEARCY. the end thereof, the said strip being folded Witnesses: whereby contacting intermediate portions V. S. RABB, J12,

will be lodged in the said opening to provide HUGO HOPPE. 

